§3303 Continuing Investigation and Survey of Public Buildings

Summary

The Administrator of General Services must keep studying the federal government’s public building needs and send project prospectuses to Congress under section 3307(a) and (b). The Administrator must work with all federal agencies, tell each agency about plans that affect it, and may ask agencies for help. Agencies must cooperate, advise, and assist when the Administrator says it is needed. When the Administrator surveys an area, they must ask the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to identify, within 60 days, any existing buildings in that area that are historically, architecturally, or culturally important (see section 3306(a)) and that might be suitable for government use. The Administrator must plan and build public buildings fairly across the United States, consider how urgent each need is, and aim for good architecture and design.